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Fraser's Banded Snail, Sphaerospira fraseri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Fraser's Banded Snail
Summary
Fraser's Banded Snail is a native snail species that is quite large, its shell reaching a diameter of up to 56 mm. The shell ranges from a tawny yellow to dark brown base-colour with many black spiral bands and a dark area behind the outer lip. It occurs from around the Clarence River region in northern New South Wales northwards to about Gympie in south-eastern Queensland.
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Pale Banded Snail, *Sphaerospira mattea*. © Queensland Museum.
Pale Banded Snail
Summary
The Pale Banded Snail has, as the common name suggests, a pale, yellowish shell with many strong, dark brown spiral bands. It also has a dark brown patch behind the outer lip and on the umbilical region on the base of the shell. It ranges from about the Tweed river region in northern New South Wales northwards to the Broadsound Range, north-west of Rockhampton, and inland to the Carnarvon area, Queensland.
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Pygmy Wisp, *Agriocnemis pygmaea*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Pygmy Wisp
Summary
The Pygmy Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits ponds, swamps and fringes of dams and lakes with plentiful aquatic vegetation. Mature males are dark brown or black with greenish markings and a reddish tip to the abdomen. Young females are mostly red and become black and green as they age.
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Red-rumped Wisp, *Agriocnemis rubricauda*, female. © Chris Burwell.
Red-rumped Wisp
Summary
The Red-rumped Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits a variety of standing water habitats, including small, well-vegetated ponds, dams and swamps. It is very similar to the Pgymy Wisp but males have more of the tip of the abdomen reddish. However, only female Red-rumped Wisps are known from south-east Queensland.
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Graphic Flutterer, *Rhyothemis graphiptera*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Graphic Flutterer
Summary
The Graphic Flutterer is an unmistakable, medium-sized dragonfly with a dark body and brownish-orange wings patterned with dark, purplish patches. It breeds in a variety of standing waters and is often found far from water.
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Inland Ringtail, *Austrolestes aridus*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Inland Ringtail
Summary
The Inland Ringtail is a medium-sized damselfly that inhabits streams, lakes and pools, including muddy temporary pools. Mature adults are dark metallic green or dull bronze with blue markings. The last two segments of the abdomen are blue for males.
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Dune Ringtail, *Austrolestes minjerriba*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Dune Ringtail
Summary
The Dune Ringtail is a medium-sized damselfly that inhabits coastal, brownwater dune lakes and swamps. Mature adults are dark metallic green or bronze with blue markings. The last three segments of the adomen are dark-coloured for males.
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Giant Panda Snail, Hedleyella falconeri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Giant Panda Snail
Summary
The Giant Panda Snail is Australia's largest land snail, the shell of which may reach 90 mm in height. This species is often encountered in the rainforests around Brisbane, particularly at night after rain when they are out feeding on fungi. Giant Panda Snails occur as far south as Barrington Tops in NSW.
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Southern Whitetip, *Episynlestes albicauda*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Needles and whitetips
Summary
The Synlestidae are large, dark-coloured damselflies with pale markings and long abdomens. They breed in streams in rivers.
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Wandering Ringtail, *Austrolestes leda*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Wandering Ringtail
Summary
The Wandering Ringtail is a medium-sized damselfly that inhabits a range of standing and slow-flowing waters, including temporary ponds. Mature adults are dull bronze with blue markings. The last segment of the abdomen is blue for males.
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Forest Needle, *Synlestes selysi*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Forest Needle
Summary
The Forest Needle is a very large, metallic green damselfly with yellow markings. It inhabits creeks and streams in wetter forest, particularly rainforest.
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Yellow-striped Flutterer, *Rhyothemis phyllis*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Yellow-striped Flutterer
Summary
The Yellow-striped Flutterer is a medium-sized dragonfly with a dark body and patterned wings. The base of each hindwing has two black patches separated by a cream or yellowish band. It inhabits a range of standing waters, including lakes, ponds and lagoons.
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Red Swampdragon, *Agrionoptera insignis*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Red Swampdragon
Summary
The Red Swampdragon is a medium-sized dragonfly that inhabits swamps, and shaded dams and pools along streams and watercourses. Mature males have yellow thorax with dark markings and a thin red abdomen with a black tip.
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The Striped Marshfrog, Limnodynastes peronii. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Striped Marshfrog
Summary
The Striped Marshfrog is light brown to grey-brown and marked with bold, dark longitudinal stripes. It is widespread in coastal eastern Australia and also occurs in Tasmania.
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Slender Skimmer, *Orthetrum sabina*, female. © Chris Burwell.
Slender Skimmer
Summary
The Slender Skimmer is a medium-sized, greenish yellow to green and black dragonfly that inhabits a wide range of standing and slow-flowing waters. It is very similar to the Green Skimmer.
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Forest Darner, *Austroaeschna pulchra*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Forest Darner
Summary
The Forest Darner is a large, brown to dark brown dragonfly with pale stripes and spots. It inhabits streams and rivers running through rainforest and other wet forests.
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Common Glider, *Tramea loewii*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Common Glider
Summary
The Common Glider is a moderately large dragonfly that inhabits a wide range of standing waters, including temporary ponds. Adults have a brownish thorax with darker stripes on the sides and a tan to reddish abdomen. The base of each hindwing has a dark red to black patch.
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Red-tipped Shadefly, *Argiocnemis rubescens*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Red-tipped Shadefly
Summary
The Red-tipped Shadefly is a medium-sized damselfly that inhabits dams, ponds, riverine lagoons and the edges of streams and rivers. Adults are very variable in appearance depending on their age, but mature males are black and green with a reddish tip to the abdomen.
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Australian Emerald, *Hemicordulia australiae*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Australian Emerald
Summary
The Australian Emerald is a medium-sized, dark metallic green dragonfly with yellowish markings. It inhabits a wide range of flowing and standing waters in a variety of habitats.
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Fiery Skimmer, *Orthetrum villosovittatum*, mature male. © Chris Burwell.
Fiery Skimmer
Summary
The Fiery Skimmer is a medium-sized dragonfly that inhabits a wide range of standing and flowing waters, including lakes, ponds, swamps, streams and seepages. The young adults are yellow-orange but mature males develop a solid-red abdomen and dark-brown thorax.
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